Julien Dubuque Monument
Julien Dubuque Monument is a historic site in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 201 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Zebulon Pike Monument, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.1 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
state park in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States
Dates from 1981.
Wikidata Q14689251, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 201 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 18.4 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Horseshoe Bluff · 1 mi
- River Viewing Point · 5 mi
- Shiras Point · 5 mi
- Allison Point · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mines of Spain - Riprow Valley: 0.2 mi
- Softball Complex: 0.3 mi
- E B Lyons Prairie and Woodland Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Maus Park: 1.2 mi
- Louis Murphy Park: 1.3 mi
- Precontact: 1.8 mi
- T.J.M. Still Life: 1.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 2.0 mi
- Leaf Skeleton: 2.0 mi
- Rising Sun: 2.0 mi
- Interstate Power Company Forest Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Heritage Marsh Wildlife Area: 6.8 mi
- Swiss Valley Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Pohlman Prairie: 8.2 mi
- NICC Outdoor Learning Lab: 10.2 mi
- E B Lyons Nature Center: 1.1 mi
- National Rivers Hall of Fame: 2.0 mi
- Diamond Jo National River Center: 2.0 mi
- National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: 2.1 mi
- Ham House Museum: 4.3 mi
- Ampitheater: 0.8 mi
- Riverwalk Pier: 1.9 mi
- William M. Black: 2.0 mi
- Tavern: 2.0 mi
- Towboat Logsdon: 2.0 mi
- Zebulon Pike Monument: 0.2 mi
- Multilingual Peace Pole: 2.4 mi
- Dubuque Packing Company Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Centenial Cross: 3.0 mi
- UD Spartan Statue: 3.1 mi
- Centenial Cross: 3.0 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 6.5 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Sherrill Mound: 12.2 mi
- Pilot Knob: 13.3 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 2.2 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Virginia's Garden: 6.5 mi
- Hosta Garden: 12.0 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 18.8 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 0.5 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 2.2 mi
- South Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 15.6 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 15.7 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 24.7 mi
- Marsden Well: 12.4 mi
- Cedar Spring: 24.5 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 3.8 mi
- Sinnipee: 7.4 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 14.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Julien Dubuque Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | NNE 31° | 435 m | 23.8 mi |
| Little Mound | NNE 33° | 389 m | 24.1 mi |
| White Hill | ENE 77° | 381 m | 21.9 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | NW 321° | 374 m | 12.2 mi |
| Charles Mound | E 83° | 374 m | 20.9 mi |
| Scales Mound | E 90° | 356 m | 19.1 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | NW 311° | 355 m | 17.9 mi |
| Hudson Mound | E 88° | 354 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:48 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 23 | 35 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 38 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dubuque L&D 11, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 88002662OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Dubuque, Julien, Monument, reference 88002662, listed 11/21/88.
OpenStreetMap element node/354329250
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- Dubuque · 2 mi
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